Combined mop wringer and pail



March 11, 192%; E,486,284

J. M. EIFFE COMBINED MOP WRINGER AND PAIL Filed May 24, 1923 PatentedMar. 11, F324,

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JAMES M. EIFFE, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW'YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO WHITE MOP WRINGERCOMPANY, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINED MOP VIR-INGEB, AND PAIL.

Application filed. May 24, 1923. Serial ire/541,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES if. EIFFE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at F ultonville, county ofMontgomery, State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Combined Mop Wringers and Pails, and declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined mop wringer and pail shown in theaccompanying rawings and more particularly described in the followingspecification and claims.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a combined mopwringer and pail in which water expressed from the mop enters a separatecompartment from that in which the mop is dipped before mopping thefloor. I

A further object of the invention is to provide for discharging thewater from the respective compartments without danger of spilling thesame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a baffle or guard platespaced from the dividing wall separating the respective compartments toprevent the water dis charged from the mop being projected over the topof the pail.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for automaticallyseparating the swinging pressure board from the fixed pressure board torelease the mop :means are also provided to support the pail uponrounded skid lugs in spaced relation to the floor that the device maybereadily shifted without the necessity of lifting it from the floor.-

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention further resides in the combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed it being understood that changes may be made inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed withoutdeparting from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specificat1on:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the deviceshowing in dotted lines a manually operated lever for actuating amovable pressure board.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device with a portion ofthepartition dividing the compartments broken away to disclose the loweredge of the baffle plate ;-the latter extending above the partition wallin front of and spaced from the perforated stationary pressure board.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A denotes a sheet iron pail or receptacle having a central partitionwall B dividing the device into two compartments.

G designates a swinging pressure board with downwardly extending legs Cpivoted at C through a reinforcing strap D, spotwelded or otherwisesecured to the end and side walls of the device.

E indicates an L-shaped bracket, extending transversely across the wallof the swinging pressure board to reinforce the latter and having an endwall to which a bell-crank lever F is pivoted.

E denotes a spring having one end secured to the bracket and theother toan eye E supported by the end wall of the device the action of thespring causing the movable pressure board to return to its initialposition following the reverse movement of the lever that the mop may bereleased.

G indicates a link pivoted to the opposite end of the bell crank leverand connected with a rocker arm H, integral with the rock shaft H towhich a lever I for manually operating the rock shaft is secured.

J designates a handle formed of sheet metal having laterally extendingstraps J spot-welded to the sides of receptacle to reinforce its wallsand to provide bearings for the .rock shaft H journaled therein. Thestraps themselves are reinforced by a washer J 2 spot-welded theretothus providing an enlarged bearing surface for the rock-shaft.

K denotes a stationary pressure board riveted to the side walls of thedevice; the rivets K preferably extending through the reinforcing strapJ L indicates a handle formed of sheet metal and bent into a U-shapedformthe ends L overlapping the straps J of the handle J.

M designates a baffle plate located between the partition wall B and thestationary pres sure board K, and in spaced relation to each to preventthe water expressed from the mop from being projected over the top ofthe pail.

It will be noted that the top of the partition wall B terminatessufliciently below the side walls of the device to provide a spoutformed by the side walls that the water in the compartment may not spillwhen the device is tipped to discharge the contents of the receptacle inwhich the wringer is installed. v

Overlapping each other and spot-welded to the underside of thereceptacle are reinforcing straps N, their ends being bent back inspaced relation to the bottom of the receptacle and formed withprojecting cupshaped lugs N to provide skid points whereby the devicemay be pushed over the floor without lifting.

The baffle plate serves to direct the water expressed through theperforations in the stationary baffle board above thetop of thepartition wall into the receptacle below.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a combined mop wringer and pail, a receptacle, a partition walldividing the re ceptacle into two compartments with the upper edge ofsaid partition wall below the plane of the inclosing wall of thereceptacle, whereby" a spout is provided for the discharge of water fromone of said compartments, a mop wringer including a substantiallyvertical stationary pressure board, and a baffle plate located in spacedrelation between one of the pressure boards and the partition wall andextending above the plane of the upper edge of the latter, whereby waterexpressed by the mop wringer may be directed into the compartmentcontaining the wringer.

2. In a combined mop wringer and pail, a receptacle, a partition walldividing the re: ceptacle into two compartments with its upper edgebelow the plane of the upper edge of the enclosing wall of thereceptacle, a

' handle spaced from the sides of the receptacle having horizontallydisposed straps welded thereto to reinforce the walls of the receptacle,a handle spaced from the top of the receptacle having depending strapswelded to the latter, a stationary pressure board riveted at its outeredges to the wall of the receptacle and to the reinforcing straps of thehandle, a swinging pressure board, manually operated means for actuatingthe to the latter, a stationary pressure board rive eted at its outeredges to the wall of the receptacle and to the reinforcing straps of thehandle, a reinforcing member welded to the inside of the receptacleadjacent the bottom of the latter, a swinging pressure'board piv oted tothe last named reinforcing member, a rock-shaft journaled in the wall ofthe receptacle and said first named reinforcing straps adapted toactuate the swinging pressure board, a lever for manually actuating therock-shaft and a spring for normally maintaining the movable pressureboard in open position to receive a mop. I

4. In a combined mop wringer and pail, a receptacle, a partition walldividing the receptacle into two compartments with the upper edge ofsaid partition wall below the plane of the inclosing wall of thereceptacle, whereby a spout is provided for the discharge of water fromone of said compartments, a mop wringer including a substan tiallyvertical stationary pressure board, a bathe plate located in spacedrelation be tween one of the pressure boards and the partition wall andextending above the plane of the upper edge of the latter, whereby waterexpressedby the mop wringer may be directed into the compartmentcontaining the wringer, and a. pair of intersecting reinforcing memberswelded to the bottom of said receptacle having cup-shaped lugs adaptedto maintain said receptacle in spaced ,rela tion to the floor.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specifica tion in the presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES M, EIFFE Witnesses:

L. N. VEDDER, L. E. ENSIGN.

